Rouhani Warns the U.S.: Peace for Peace, War for War; Iranian Women Call for Khamenei to Resign

Why has Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri faded out?The editorial of Aftab Yazd focuses on why the Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, who belongs to the reformist movement, is less involved with serious issues that Iran is facing these days.The fact that Eshaq Jahangiri ...

Playing With Words Spells Trouble for Zarif in the US and at Home

US-led sanctions against Iran to restrict its nuclear activities, and its missile program as well as its malign regional behavior have complicated diplomacy between Washington and Tehran in recent weeks. This has left Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrestling with words in order to ...

Iran’s Budget Clear of Oil Money: Is It Possible?

This Iran-in-depth piece aims to explore the following questions: to what extent is it true that Iran’s budget dependency on petrodollars has been lowered to approximately zero? How has the government compensated for a decline in its oil revenues? What costs has it reduced? ...

Why did Iran remove four zeros from its national currency?